Re: Rattling the Cage

On Wed, 6 Feb 2002 06:25:16 +0100 KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de
(K.H.Ranitzsch) writes:
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Alan E Brain" <aebrain@austarmetro.com.au>
>> > I won't touch the rest of your post, since it's my firm belief 
>that
>> > civilians of ANY nationality have no right to razz soldiers of any
>> > nationality,
>>
>> Criticise, no. Razz with tongue-in-cheek - another matter. Agree 
>with
>> you in the main, just not in the details.
>
>This phrase is a bit ambiguous. You mean that soldiers should be 
>beyond
>criticism ?
>
>Pardon me, but in an open society, nobody should be beyond criticism. 
>Even
>soldiers sometimes get things wrong. Criticism is designed to put this
>right. Yes, civilians usually have only a vague notion of what 
>soldiers do
>and have to face, but it is then the military's task to explain 
>themselves -
>just as any politician, trade union, church or whatever institution or
>people. Yes, there are silly or ill-meaning people where explaining 
>won't
>help, but these have to be faced in open debate.
>
>Greetings
>Karl Heinz
>

I can't shoot them?!!!!

<VBG>

I think....

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